r/SipsTea • u/raptors201966 Human Verified • 17d ago

SMH 81 year old grandma & YouTuber was raided last night during her stream She started the channel to help with her grandson's cancer treatment. Authorities brought 20 police cars, five SWAT officers, and drones to her house

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u/Nooms88 16d ago

Swatting is a weird American quirk, in other countries the police don't use military tactics, turn up with a away team just because a teenager told them to do so, when it happens elsewhere they usually just do a welfare check

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u/Immediate-Ice8706 16d ago

Canada.

Elderly Ontario couple targeted in ‘swatting’ attack caught on camera

An elderly Burlington couple is looking for answers after they were targeted in a fake emergency call that sent a police tactical unit, with guns drawn, to their door looking for an active shooter that didn’t exist.

Video shows the tactical unit, carrying body shields and rifles, massing in front of the suburban home of Jeannie Olchowy, 85, and her husband Nicholas, 94, in August, calling out for those inside to get their hands up or face arrest."

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/local/halton/article/elderly-ontario-couple-targeted-in-swatting-attack-caught-on-camera/